Finlay, Ian Hamilton, 1925-2006
Dates
- Existence: 1925 October 28 - 2006 March 27
Nationality
Scottish
Found in 1989 Collections and/or Records:
Little Sparta / Finlay, Ian Hamilton., 1989
Little Sparta: for Yves Hayat [As in Rat-A-Tat] / Finlay, Ian Hamilton., 1988
Little Sparta: The Garden / Finlay, Ian Hamilton., 2002
This is a map for visitors to Finlay's garden that the Sackners used during a visit in September 2004. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Little Sparta: The Garden of Ian Hamilton Finlay, 2003
This book provides an illustrated tour of Little Sparta. The photographs of the garden were taken by Andrew Lawson. The Sackners purchased this book from Finlay during a visit to the garden in 2004. This is the third impression. Sir Roy Strong calls Little Sparta 'the only really original garden made in this country since 1945'. Ian Hamilton Finlay's unique creation in the Pentland Hills south of Edinburgh is a garden composed as an artwork in itself. It incorporates concrete poetry, moral polemic, philosophical reflection and a sparkling sense of humour. While Finlay's works and installations throughout Europe and North America are well documented and justly famous, this is the first book devoted solely to the garden at Little Sparta, which has been at the heart of his life's work. It offers the reader a sense of the diversity and originality of the garden along with a text that unfolds the layers of meaning it contains. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Little Sparta's Christmas Card / Finlay, Ian Hamilton., 1983
This card consists of a statement about Finlay's dispute with the Strathclyde region tax collectors. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Loaves / Finlay, Ian Hamilton ; Eaglestone, Howard ; Reeve, Antonia., 1987
Lobster Boat / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Lindsley, Kathleen., 2000
Longing / Finlay, Ian Hamilton., 1995
Adapted from a sentence in Andrew Lang's "The Wanderings of Ulysses." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Look of Poetry, The / Finlay IH ; Johnson R ; Solt ME ; Williams E., 1970
Looking at Words: Reading Pictures / Cutts S ; Finlay IH ; Tilson Ja ; Tyson I ; VanHorn E., 1994
Louis Treize / Finlay, Ian Hamilton., 1987
The poem on this card reads, "Louis Treize - Louis Quatorze - Louis Quinze - Louis Seize - Louis Cane." Cane means duck in English. The poem is captioned with the following phrase, "On ne point regner innocemment" and refers to the King of France during the French revolution. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Low Tide / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Hincks, Gary., 2000
The etching or woodcut black and white image on the card cover by Hincks is a scene from a fishing village. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Luftwaffe after Mondrian , 1976
This image is adapted from an early Mondrian abstracted painting and depicts crosses of various sizes and shadings that act as a metaphor for the cross on Luftwaffe airplanes. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Lullaby / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Andrew, John., 1975
The card depicts a grid of carrier-based aircraft with folded wings. The caption "Lullaby" signifies that the airplanes are not prepared for "sleeping" or when flying and attacking an enemy ship destroy it or put it to "sleep." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Lux Umbra Dei / Finlay, Ian Hamilton., 1973
This depicts a design for a sundial. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Lyre / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Gillanders, Robin., 1995
The cover is a color photograph. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Lyres (1) / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Heideken, Carl., 1976
This card depicts a black and white photograph of a stationary, automatic cannon model made by Finlay. It was photographed by Heideken. The caption on the verso taken from Heraclitus provides a definition of the tuning of a lyre that is the title of this poem. By this, Finlay implies the tuning of a weapon of destruction. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Lyres (2) / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Heideken, Carl., 1977
This card depicts a colored photograph of a model of a stationary automatic cannon made by Finlay. It was photographed by Heideken. There is a cryptic caption taken from Cocteau on the verso, "With us, there is a house, a lamp, a plate of soup, a fire, wine, and pipes at the back of every important work of art." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.